Comments on: The Book on Gerrit Colehttp://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/06/the-book-on-gerrit-cole.html
Your best source for news on the Pittsburgh Pirates and their minor league system.Sat, 10 Dec 2016 03:43:00 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1By: michaelbro8http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/06/the-book-on-gerrit-cole.html#comment-28940
Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:17:06 +0000http://www.piratesprospects.com/?p=57032#comment-28940If I could choose any catcher in the game today to be behind the plate tonight and help Cole through his first start, it would likely be Russell Martin. I’m anxious to watch his work today.
And I’m not worried about Cole’s K numbers; just seeing the Nats concerns about Strasburg right now confirm that.
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Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:57:25 +0000http://www.piratesprospects.com/?p=57032#comment-28937Wandy just got put on the DL. I guess it is Morton?
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Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:20:33 +0000http://www.piratesprospects.com/?p=57032#comment-28934I’m excited for Cole’s start tonight especially to see how he does with Martin calling his game. Also I want Cole to stay up mainly so he can get experience from a strikeout pitcher like Burnett and Liriano. I believe working with these guys will help him to really harness his skills.
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Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:17:30 +0000http://www.piratesprospects.com/?p=57032#comment-28933Good point. And if Morton somewhat forces Cole back down to AAA he can hone some things down there and it would mean Morton is having success. I’d like to see Morton succeed especially since we have him next year and I haven’t seen anything on McFear for a while which scares me a little.
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Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:05:50 +0000http://www.piratesprospects.com/?p=57032#comment-28932I think those things have a way of working themselves out more often than not, even when everyone is healthy. We saw Cincy bring up Tony Cingrani earlier this year, kid had some success, and they sent him back down. And now due to some injuries, hes back up tonight.

I realize its not the exact situation as Cole, but he was still a top 100 prospect, trying to break into a solid rotation on a contending team.

Anyway, there are still a lot of if there: “if Cole has success”, “if Wandy doesn’t miss a start”, “if Morton can pitch with the limited success we’ve seen previously”.

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Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:54:40 +0000http://www.piratesprospects.com/?p=57032#comment-28931Good stuff. So if Wandy can start Thursday and Morton is deemed healthy does Cole go back down even if he pitches ok tonight? Or does Morton take over long relief?
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Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:24:48 +0000http://www.piratesprospects.com/?p=57032#comment-28926I would be pretty surprised if Cole became the best pitcher in baseball
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